Leaves from the Note-Book of a New York Detective: The Private Record of J.B.

Rediscovering early fictional America detective James Brampton

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Leaves from the Note-book of a New York Detective

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Leaves from the Note-Book of a New York Detective: The Private Record of J.B. [ John Babbington Williams] on bahana-line.com *FREE* shipping on qualifying. Editorial Reviews. From Publishers Weekly. First published in , this story collection Leaves from the Note-Book of a New York Detective: The Private Record of J.B. - Kindle edition by John Babbington Williams. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks.

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The book opens with a chance meeting between a medical doctor, John Babbington Williams the actual author of the stories , and detective James Brampton. They become acquaintances, and after Brampton has retired after twenty years of service, he sends his case notebooks to Dr. Williams to be edited and published.

Never before reprinted, this first modern edition of this important work now takes its place once more in the development of detective fiction between Edgar Allan Poe and Arthur Conan Doyle, the casebook of the original American detective hero. First published in , this story collection featuring New York City private detective James Brampton will intrigue Sherlock Holmes fans, given the number of eerie parallels between the two characters.

For example, Brampton remarks, It is the observation of small things that makes a good detective, for it is often the most trivial circumstance which supplies the first link in the chain, a comment quite similar to one of Holmes's. In the volume's introduction, Dr. Williams encounters Brampton in a Georgia bar, where the sleuth bets him that a young man who has just entered is guilty of theft. While Williams assumes the Watsonian task of arranging for the publication of the investigator's cases, Brampton himself tells his exploits in the first person.

Leaves from the Note-book of a New York Detective

Though many of the tales rely on a chance discovery by the detective, enough involve careful observation and analysis to satisfy 21st-century mystery readers. John Babbington Williams was a medical doctor who contributed a number of classic crime stories to popular magazines of the time. Would you like to tell us about a lower price? If you are a seller for this product, would you like to suggest updates through seller support?

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Lists with This Book. This book is not yet featured on Listopia. Apr 23, Megan rated it liked it. These are detective stories from the mid s. They even predate the Holmes novels. They are well-written and charming. However, they are pretty obvious most of the time. Without the sophisticated forensics that we've grown accustomed to seeing in modern murder stories, the evidence tends to be rather blatant. People in the stories also have a ridiculous tendency to confess when confronted with evidence by the arresting detective! He is, at least, a good character, and it is educational to read These are detective stories from the mid s.

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He is, at least, a good character, and it is educational to read something from the beginning of the genre. Dec 17, Elizabeth Hunter rated it liked it Shelves: At times these stories became a bit repetitive how many rich old men with nubile nieces were there in the Big Apple?! May 21, Emma rated it it was ok. Mar 05, Bev rated it really liked it Shelves: A wonderful look at the early American Detective novel. Rob rated it liked it Nov 10, Rachel rated it liked it Jun 23,